Improvement in



part oi the coat.

w"dindinil. gieten @sind (itil ire.

JONATHANJ. 'll/.[IIiLlilR, MCALEVYS FORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

Latas-Patent No. 105,355, defuuzy 12, 1870,

Iinvrrnovznvram''nv APPLYING MEASUREMENTSTO ADLAYING our GARMENTS.

The Schedul'ev'vrefen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making peut of the same 'To all 'whoin it may concern Be it known thatHI, JONATHAN' J. MILLER, 4 of McAlevys Fort, in the ,countyof Huntingdon and `State of Pennsylranimhave invented anew and useful Improvement in Patterns for Applying Measurements to and Laying-off' Garments; rand I dohereby declare the following to be a fnll, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being hadA to ythe 'accomr panying drawing (in fonr sheets) making a part ofl of this specification, in whichv yFigures No. 1, s heet 1, shows my pattern for the back part of a saclrccat No. 2, sheet 1, the front vpattern oi'- said coat No. 3, sheet 2, the top and under-sleeve patterns; No. 4, sheet l, thlcollar pattern No. 1, sheet 3, the vest-front pattern;

s No. 2,'she'et 3, the vestfback pattern;

No. 3, sheet 3, thel pattern for rolling vestcollar; No. 4, sheet 3,' the collar pattern of a double-breasted No.v 1, sheet 4,-the pattern of pants front;

l vNo. 2, sheet 4, thepattern of back part of pants;

No. 3, sheet4, the pattern for bottom for pant'sand back 'partgand No. 4, Vsheet 4, the pattern for waist-band for pants.

To enableothers skilled inthe art to make and use my improvement@ will 'proceed to describe its construction and manner of use.

"I take a sheet of thick paper, or `other suitable ma#` terial, and, lay ofi' upon itthe usual general lines of thepparts of the garment to be cut; say lines for two sizes, the largest and smallestdesired.

In iig. No. 1,sheet 1, for examplel p'lhe line A A. represents the join-up seam of the back; l

The lineV B,the topseam of the back Theline'O, the shoulder-seam 1 The' curved line' D, the arm-hole; and `The line E, the side seam. 'Y

The line E represents the waist measurement, and

The .line C5'. the width ofthe back of the lower Gommencng with the lines which represent the smallest pattern, I extend 4o'ut'on Vthe `sides of the pattern. to be enlargedl a series of lines, causing them to diverge, or converge, or continue parallel, according as maybe necessary tol pfeserve'in the larger' sizes of pattern, the proper relative proportions.

In-each of these outwardly extending lines I'make A a series of small. perforationaa a, makingtheir disl tance apart in a ratio proportionate to the entire length of such lines.

These outwardly projecting lines, and the perforation's therein, entend-from the-boundary' lines of the smallest sized pattern tothe corresponding lines of 'will give.

This system of numbering wilifbev readily understood by. reference to the drawing.

In laying oli' garments o'n the cloth from which any lparticular garment is to be cut, I fasten the pattern Vouthe cloth and with my chalk mark through that perforation a in each radial line, whose number is the same as the number in the measnre-book, and which is indicative of the dimensions'of the garment in that direction.

Ithuspsss along from line to line and seam to seam, a-nd lay off the whole garment in this manner, after whichI remove the 'pattern and cut the garment, following, of course, in doing so, the chalkmarks so made. l

It will thus bezseen that I can cut garments of many different sizes from a single pattern for the same numbers in thevarious diierent seams correspond in their relative positions`r` with each other,:so that if lines are drawnbetween the same numbers in the dii'erent seams, and in cutting these lines are followed, a certainsize of garment will be out out.

The number of each perforation indicates the size of garment that will be' cnt, if thatV number be, follon-'ed through all the lines, so that any sized part of a garmentmayi be out from a single pattern.

'lhe'directions of the `increase in size of pattern are shown in the drawing by bold-faced characters, the rectangular figures, sheets 1 and 2, denoting lines of breast measurement; the triangular figures," the lines of waist measurement-5j andthe arrow-head lines, the measurements of length.

The mode of making and using the patterns shown in -the other sheets of thedrawing will be readily understood by those 'skilled in the art by reference to the foregoing description and tol the gures of said drawing. i'

l What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thev lined, perfon ted, and numbered patterns, made substantially as hereinbefore set forth. v

In witness whereof I have hereunto'set my hand.

JONATHANv J. MILLER. XVitnesses:

J. MCBURNEY, WESLEY4 THoMrsoX. 

